Dixie Land Blanked by Heavy Snow Across Six States
The central and southern United States faced a powerful winter blast as snow covered six states from North Carolina to Alabama and beyond. Cities reported one inch to two feet of snow with temperatures plunging to near freezing. traffic stalled and even crops suffered as Birmingham and Charlotte logged significant accumulations. Forecasters warned of continued cold and snow along the Atlantic coast with relief expected later in the week.
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Atlanta
Salten
Birmingham
Ala
North Carolina
Virginia
Norfolk
Chatta~ Noogw
Tenn
Charlotte
Spartanburg
D. C
Greenville
S.C
War Vet Identity Sparks Draft Dodger Claim Probe
A House veterans committee chairman identifies Jerry Talbot as Alexander Dubois Sr a Cuban hotel chef's son and draft dodger after an inquiry into Talbot who says he is a World War II veteran with memory loss. Flora Dove Lange of Detroit testifies she married him in 1917 and divorced in 1968 after claims of alias and instability.
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Washington
Jerry Talbot
Johnson
House Veterans Committee
Alexander Dubois
South Dakota
Talbot
Congresa
Facta
Department of Justice
Flora Dove, Lange
Detroit
Toledo
Howard Francis Noble
Doheny Faces Multi‑Million Loss From Elk Hills Ruling
The Supreme Court voids Doheny era Elk Hills leases on alleged fraud. Edward L. Doheny could lose about 21.69 million dollars, with Congressional relief likely to offset much. Pan American Petroleum and Transport Co. and Doheny entities face related liability, spanning royalty oil values and development costs at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Elk Hills
California
Naval Oil Reserve
Edward L. Doheny
Counter Clarity
Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Company of
New York
Doheny Organization
Elk
Dohney
Elk. Hills
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Heavy Snow Disrupts Wire Service Across Tennessee
Unusually heavy snow in Tennessee and the South disrupted telephone lines of the Associated Press wire, leaving The Times largely without its main foreign news source. Kingsport to Atlanta lines suffered major damage, Memphis was cut off, and Atlanta filed only partial news throughout the day.
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Tennessee
Times Today
Associated Press
Kingsport
Atlanta
Memphis
Times
Traffic kept at standstill by heavy snow in the Carolinas
Snow swept across five states, with North Carolina reporting up to 26 inches and Charlotte at 13 inches, snarling streets and delaying schools. Asheville logged 12 inches in 24 hours as fruit crops in Georgia and South Carolina were largely unharmed.
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North Carolina
Georgia
Charlotte Fair
Charlotte
N. C
High Point
Raleigh
Greensboro
Salisbury
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Marcus
Jack Frost
Virginia
Kentucky
Atlantic Seaboard
Carolinas
Tennessee
Asheville
N. G
South Carolina
Jury Nearing Deadlock in Daugherty Miller Case
In New York on March 2 the jury weighing charges of conspiracy against former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and former Alien Property Custodian Col. Thomas W. Miller neared a deadlock after ten and a half hours of deliberation. Jurors were locked in overnight as Federal Judge John C. Knox reread part of his charge at their request.
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New York
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
John C. Knox
Winter Stimulus Improves Eighth District Trade
The St Louis Federal Reserve reports irregular but improving business in the Eighth district. Wholesale and jobbing rise short of last year. manufacturing slows in iron and steel autos and building, while textiles coal and drugs stay strong. Coal mining areas active. employment favorable though cotton prices depress rural trade. January retail sales down 5.1 percent from 1926. Winter weather boosts coal output. storage to avert strikes. Illinois Indiana shaft mines run 3–5 days weekly. Kentucky mines near full capacity. sleet hampers strip pits. St Louis Terminal Railway noted.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve District
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
President Hopes To Curb Big Armament Build Up
President Coolidge presses for immediate steps to curb naval armament growth after French and Italian rejection of the five power treaty extension. He has not conferred with Secretary Kellogg on future procedure but sees potential for a renewed American initiative. British and Japanese replies are under study, with a three power Great Britain United States Japan talk sidelined for now as Paris and Rome replies are reviewed. In the Buenos Aires leg of the goodwill flight, two planes remain in service after a fatal crash, as Captain Woolsey and Lieutenant Benton are mourned and the group resumes toward Asuncion.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Goolidge
Tere
Paris
Rome
Kellogg
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Good Will
Buenos Aires
United States Army
Clinton
Woolsey
John W. Benton
Asuncion
Paraguay
Storm warning issued for northeast gale in Atlantic coast
The Weather Bureau issued a storm advisory at 9 30 a m from Jacksonville to Hatteras and from Hatteras to Boston The storm centers near Cape Hatteras and will move northeast with increasing intensity bringing strong northeast gales likely near gale force as it passes The warning covers the northwest shift after passage and warns coastal areas to prepare for severe weather.
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Washington
Florida
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Jacksonville
Fla
Hatteras
Boston
North Atlantic
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Fair and continued cold tonight in Tennessee with a fair Thursday and slowly rising temperatures. In Virginia, fair tonight and Thursday with snow in the east this afternoon, colder on the coast tonight, followed by slowly rising temperatures Thursday afternoon. Readings taken at 6 p.m. daily show yesterday's high 39, low 38, with 0.5 inches of precipitation to 6 p.m. and February totals of 6.44 inches rainfall.
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Southwest
Kansas City
Mountain
Middle West
Texas
Panhandle
Tennessee
Virginia
U. S
C. L. Bunn
Senate in Session Ends With Turbulent Day
Washington reports a chaotic Senate session as cloture on the prohibition reorganization bill failed to settle issues. The House pushed ahead, passing more measures including a medicinal whiskey bill 209 to 151, while Senate moves to vote on an oath bureaus plan in the treasury.
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Washington
Senate
House
Oklahoma
Nevada
Oath Bureaus of Prohibition and Customs
Treasury
Reed
Water Rate Hike Approved by City Board
The local Board of Mayor and Aldermen authorized a water rate increase to 137.40 per million gallons starting April 1, up from 83.50. Minimum monthly charge remains 1.00 with a 10 percent late fee after the tenth, plus a 50 percent surge for customers outside city limits. Meter testing deposits are set, and paving petitions were discussed for Dorothy Street and Gibson Mill Road.
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Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Dorothy Street
Gibson Mill Road
Princeton undergraduate government resigns in protest
The Princeton University undergraduate governing body, the fifteen member senior council, resigned during a weekly meeting to protest the board of trustees decision abolishing student-owned automobiles. The mass resignation marks a rare dissolution of student government, with a list of senior council members named and their home residences.
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Princeton
Ni J
Princeton University
Board of Trustees
Joseph Brendergast
Joseph Prendergast
Evanston, Ill
William B. van Alstyne
Kinderhook
N. Y
Frank Peabody
Montgomery Ala
William M. Collins
Chicago
Rembert Labeaume
St. Louis
Richard Baldwin
Samuel Ewing
Philadelphia
Jacob W. Slagle
Baltimore
Jack Chendler
Cleveland
Ernest C. Bartell
Tarentum
Hugo
L. Bell
Pelham
Charles A. Howard
Aberdeen
William BR. Howell
John W. Davis
Brooklyn
Milton C. Beard
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Atlantic States
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Kanaas
ED Doheny
Washington Place
Carolina
Daugherty and Miller
John Marsh
Fremont
Neb
Meeting City
G. A. Waters
Oklahoma State Reformatory
Granite
Okla
School Council of
Auto Bank
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